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MARTIN COUNTY Thursday, Sept. 10 9:59 a.m. — A disabled/abandoned motor vehicle was reported at 10th Street and North State Street, Fairmont. 12:09 p.m. — An ordinance violation was reported in the 100 block of 3rd Avenue North East, Trimont. 3:29 p.m. — A driving complaint was reported in the 1900 block of 130th Avenue, Trimont. 4:27 p.m. — A driving complaint was reported at 110th Street and 20th Avenue, Sherburn. 7:51 p.m. — A suspicious circumstance was reported in the 200 block of Birch Street East, Trimont. SHERBURN/WELCOME Thursday, Sept. 10 5:59 ...

Giddy Up/Imagine Martin gears up for Bohemian Hippie Market

FAIRMONT — Giddy Up Boutique, co-sponsored by Imagine Martin, will host the first Bohemian Hippie Market from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 19, at West 1st Street in Fairmont. “We’re feeling good about it,” said Giddy Up Boutique owner Denise Rouse when asked how she and the ...

Courts

MARTIN COUNTY DISTRICT COURT Roman Banda Jr., 34, of Fairmont, was convicted of driving after suspension; fined $285. Received an additional charge of driver must carry proof of insurance when operating vehicle; dismissed. Haley M. Green, 29, of Granada, was convicted of speeding; fined $125. Also convicted of operate veh/illegal h/l or t/l covers (except stock); fined $40. Speeding — Kierten L. Jewell, 22, of Columbia, Md.; Patrick P. Martell, 24, of Westfield, Ma.; Obediah P. Sayonkon, 28, of Sioux City, Iowa; fined $125. No Minnesota driver’s license — Arnulfo Ramirez ...

Friendship Club to meet Monday, Sept. 14

CEYLON — A ladies group Lutheran Women's Missionary League (LWML) Mini Retreat will be at 11:30 a.m. today, Saturday, Sept. 12, at Zion Lutheran Church in Fraser Township, with a salad luncheon. The speakers will be Curtis and Cheri Frank from the Healing Hearts Recovery House in ...

Welcome Burn Site open Saturday

WELCOME — Today, 25 years ago, the world vowed to never forget. Remember the flights, towers and Pentagon attacks. The burn site in Welcome will be open from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Sept. 12. Please bring wood, grass clippings, tree trimmings that are six inches in diameter. This is ...

BE looks to make various needed repairs

BLUE EARTH— At the Blue Earth City Council meeting on Tuesday the council discussed a series of unbudgeted repairs that needed to be completed yet this year. City Administrator Dawn Collins presented the council with a list of unbudgeted repairs that required attention, and requested direction on which should be completed. First, for the Blue Earth Municipal Swimming Pool, Collins noted there were repairs to a fractured TEE pipe and waterline tile replacement quoted at $11,130 by American Leak Detection, along with additional repairs that did not yet have an estimated ...